The Ashes: Scott Borthwick and James Tredwell added to England squad to replace Graeme Swann

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Mon Dec 23 18:33:55 EST 2013

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Durham bowler Scott Borthwick has been added to the England Test squad.

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Durham leg-spinner Scott Borthwick and Kent off-spinner James Tredwell have beLeg-spinner Scott Borthwick and off-spinner James Tredwell have been added to the England test squad for the remainder of the Ashes series.

Durham leg-spinner Borthwick, 23, is expected to arrive in Melbourne on Monday and will be available for selection for the Boxing Day Test starting on Thursday, the England and Wales Cricket Board said in a statement.

The 31-year-old Tredwell, who played his only Test for England in March 2010 against Bangladesh, will join the squad during the fourth Test and will be available for selection for the fifth and final match in Sydney, starting on January 3.

Swann, who took 255 wickets in 60 test matches for England, said his body was no longer up to the rigours of long-form cricket and that it would be selfish for him to stay in a team that needed to rebuild.

Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar is the other slow bowler in England's Ashes squad.